enclouer
French
Etymology
From Old French encloer, equivalent to en- + clou + -er, or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, present active infinitive of clāvō, from Latin clāvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.klu.e/
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Verb
enclouer
- to nail in, put a nail in
Conjugation
Conjugation of enclouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enclouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enclouant /ɑ̃.klu.ɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | encloué /ɑ̃.klu.e/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ | encloues /ɑ̃.klu/ | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ | enclouons /ɑ̃.klu.ɔ̃/ | enclouez /ɑ̃.klu.e/ | enclouent /ɑ̃.klu/ |
| imperfect | enclouais /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ | enclouais /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ | enclouait /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ | enclouions /ɑ̃.klu.jɔ̃/ | enclouiez /ɑ̃.klu.je/ | enclouaient /ɑ̃.klu.ɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enclouai /ɑ̃.klu.e/ | enclouas /ɑ̃.klu.a/ | encloua /ɑ̃.klu.a/ | enclouâmes /ɑ̃.klu.am/ | enclouâtes /ɑ̃.klu.at/ | enclouèrent /ɑ̃.klu.ɛʁ/ | |
| future | enclouerai /ɑ̃.klu.ʁe/ | encloueras /ɑ̃.klu.ʁa/ | enclouera /ɑ̃.klu.ʁa/ | enclouerons /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɔ̃/ | enclouerez /ɑ̃.klu.ʁe/ | encloueront /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enclouerais /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ | enclouerais /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ | enclouerait /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ | enclouerions /ɑ̃.klu.ʁjɔ̃/ | encloueriez /ɑ̃.klu.ʁje/ | encloueraient /ɑ̃.klu.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ | encloues /ɑ̃.klu/ | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ | enclouions /ɑ̃.klu.jɔ̃/ | enclouiez /ɑ̃.klu.je/ | enclouent /ɑ̃.klu/ |
| imperfect2 | enclouasse /ɑ̃.klu.as/ | enclouasses /ɑ̃.klu.as/ | enclouât /ɑ̃.klu.a/ | enclouassions /ɑ̃.klu.a.sjɔ̃/ | enclouassiez /ɑ̃.klu.a.sje/ | enclouassent /ɑ̃.klu.as/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | encloue /ɑ̃.klu/ | — | enclouons /ɑ̃.klu.ɔ̃/ | enclouez /ɑ̃.klu.e/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- clouer
- clou
- déclouer
See also
- enclaver
Further reading
- “enclouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.